Rail-anchor.



J. A. BonKlN.

. RAIL' ANCHOR.

` APmcATmN FILED :uw 1a. 1914. 914:6,994a f Patented July 20, 1915*I 2 SHEETS-SHEET x.

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RMI. ANCHOR, APPLIPATxoN H'LED JULY 1a. 1914.

Patented July 20, 1915.

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- Aff-mmm JOHN A. BODKIN, E NEW YGRK, N. Y."

RAIL-ANCHOR.

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Application :filed July 18, 1914.

To al w/zom it may concern.

JOHN A. BODKIN, a' States, residing at following is a full, clear, and exact speci-` flcation.

My invention relates to improvements in means for securing railroad rails against creeping during the passage of vehicles thereon, or during the periods of expansion j and contraction incident to changes in tem- 'i ure 1 is a face gagement with the perature, and the same has for its object more particularly to provide a simple, eflicient and reliable device which may be easily applied to a rail without the tools or machinery.

Further, said invention has for'its 0bject to provide a .rail anchor formed of a single piece of metal comprising a web hav ing rail engaging members at its opposite ends which are adapted to be brought into wedging engagement with the inclined upper surfaces of the rail base as the anchor is adjusted from 'a transverse to adiagonal position, upon the rail.

Further, said invention .has for its object to provide a rail anchor formed of a single piece of metal comprising a web having rail engaging means at its opposite ends, and an elevated or raised central portion adapted to engagewith the' underside of .the rail base in order to maintain the underside of use of special the base, adjacent to its opposite edges, free from engagement with Athe ends of the yoke, so as to permit of said anchor being easilyr adjusted from a transverse position to a diagonal position, as said rail engaging means are brought firmly into wedging enupper inclined surfaces of the rail base.

Tothe attainment of the aforesaid objects and ends, my invention consists in theI novel details of construction,l and in the Vcombination, connection and arrangementvof parts hereinafter more fully pointed out in the claims.

n the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification wherein like numerals of reference indicate like parts, Fig view showing a strip of metal with a series of anchorblanks outlined thereon; Fig. 2 isV view showing an anchor blank before the Spec'ication of Letters Eatent.

borough, of the Bronx,

adjusted to y,modified construction, and Fig.

view thereof.

described and then an enlarged .detail side Patented .nay ao, 1ere.. serial No. 851,789. i

same is bent to shape; Fig. 3 is a side view s owing an anchor bent to shape, and engaging the base of a rail; F ig. l is a plan or top View of a rail and `tie with an anchor adjusted inv position below therail ready to be adjusted andl brought into wedging engagement withthe rail; Fig. 5 is a similar view to Fig. i showing the anchor its operative position upon the is a plan or top view showing a 7 is an end rail; Fig. 6

said drawings 10 designatesv a tie and A11 a rail supported thereon.

denotes an anchor formed of a single piece of sheet metal comprising a yoke 13 having rail engaging members Aat its opposite ends which are partially severed from thebody thereon to form hooks 15, 16 which are bent in opposite directions.'- surface of the yoke intermediate the rail engaging members l15, 16 has the portion thereof arranged midway between the ends g members arranged at a higher horizontal level than that of its ends, at which point thefsame merge with the members 15, 16. central elevated member or` projection 14 is formed which is adapted to engage with the underside of a rail base 17 directly below the web 18 thereof, and form apivotal member support upon which the anchor may be partially turned.

`romf one end of the yoke 13 extends a post 19 which is bent slightly inwardly, and has an upper surface lower edge of the yoke 13, and its free end bent at about right angles to the post 19 to form a foot 20 whose outer side is adapted to engage with one of the vertical sides of the tie.

At Figs. 6 .and 7 I have shown a modified formof anchor-in which the yokel is provided as in the main construction Vwith rail engaging members 15,, 16, a post 19l and foot 20', and a raised central portion '14. In the present construction however, the web 13', is in'addition slightly twisted which results in oli`-setting the rail engaging members `or hooks 155, 16` relatively to each other to theextent of about 7 o.

he purpose of' providing the yoke with said twist, and sooft-setting the hooks 15', 16 is to render the anchor somewhatfmore resilient transversely and thusjac'centuate the wedging action with which the ends of The upper .in line with the y this arrangement a adjusted, the oppositely arranged rail engag'ing members 15, 16 will be practically r parallel to each other, and with the opposite vedges of the rail base 17. Hereupon the yoke 13 is brought to a diagonal position, as indicatedat Fig. 5, whereby the foot 2O will be brought into closev engagement with one of the-vertical sides of the tie 10, and the yoke 13 brought to a position diagonally to the' longitudinal direction of the rail. the yoke'has been brought -to this position the rail engaging members 15, 16 will have been moved inwardly and the undersides of their free ends caused to ride upwardly upon the oppositely-inclined upper surfaces of the rail base 17, and thus irmlyengage said inclined surfaces of the rail adjacent to its opposite edges thereof with a wedging action.

The wedging action .with which the rail engaging members 15, 16 engage with the inclined surfaces of the base 17 is increased owing to the fact that theyoke 13 only'engages with the rail base 17 on a point directly below the web 18 of the rail, thus leaving theportions of the yoke directly be- `low the opposite horizontal edges of the base free therefrom, and'permitting of the more easy turning of the yoke to bring the under-- sides of the rail-engaging members 15, 16

into engagement with the inclined surfaces of the base .17. The said wedging action is further accentuated by reason of the fact that the yoke 13 is capable of yielding slightly at its outer ends as the portions' thereof directly below the inner free ends of the rail engaging members 15, 16 do not contact with the underside of the base 17 or with opposite vertical edges thereof.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim'and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. A railanchor comprising a yoke, railengaging means at opposite ends thereof, and a member extending upwardly from said yoke intermediate said rail engaging members, serving to cause a torsional displacement of said yoke, substantially as specified,

2. A rail anchor comprising-a flat, vertically-disposed yoke, railengaging means at the opposite ends thereof, a member eX tending upwardly from said yoke interina diate said rail-engaging members, serving to cause a torsional displacement oit" said b`ersserving to cause a torsional.

yoke when the same is applied to a rail, sub stantially as specified.

3. A rail anchor comprising a yoke, rail- .engaging means at the opposite ends thereof, a member extending upwardly from said yoke intermediate said rail-engaging menidisplacement of said yoke, and means for maintaining said anchor upon a rail, substantially as specified.

4. A rail anchor formed as an integral structure comprising a flat, vertically-disposed yoke, rail-engaging means at the opposite ends thereof, and a1 raised. central portion onsaid yoke arranged intermediate said rail-engaging members, and serving to cause `a torsional displacement of said yoke when the same is applied to a rail, substantially as specified.

5. A rail anchor comprising a yoke, railengaging members at-its opposite ends, and a raised central portion intermediate said rail-engaging members, serving as a pivot adapted 'to engage with the underside of a rail base and to cause a torsional displace ment of said yoke, substantially as specified.

6.- A rail anchor comprising a yoke, railengaiging members at its opposite ends, a raised portion on Vsaid yoke extending upwardly therefroml and adapted to engage the base of a raildirectly below the web portion thereof and to cause a torsional displacement of said yoke, and a tie engaging member at one of the ends of said yoke, substantially as'specied.

7 A. rail anchor comprising a dat, vertically-disposed yoke, rail-engaging members at the opposite ends thereof, and a member extending upwardly from said yoke midway betweensaid rail-engaging members, substantially as specified.

8. A rail anchor formed of a single piece of sheet metal comprising a. yoke, rail-en gaging members at the opposite ends there of, a member extending upwardly from said yoke intermediate said rail-engag1ng mehr bers', andv servingas a pivotal support for said anchoiand to cause a torsional displacement of said yoke, a pos't extending angularly .inward from one endv of said yoke',

anda foot projecting from and disposed at andangle to said post, substantially as speci- `9. A rail anchor comprising a yoke, having its ends twisted relative to each other, railengaging members at the opposite upper ends thereof, a member extending upwardly from said yoke midway between said' rail-engaging members, serving to cause a torsional displacement of said yoke and means for maintaining said yoke under torsional strain andv duly positioned upon a rail, substantially as specified.

10. A rail anchor formed of a single piece or sheet metal comprising a yoke, raid-eril thereof nwe,

11. A rail anchor formed of e single piece of s heesb metal comprising a yoke, rail-engaging members at the opposite upper ends thereof, 'a member extendmg upwardly from seid yoke midway between said rail-enga ing members; seid yekebeing slightly twistn member extending upwardly fromV ed whereby to throw its ends and the reilengaging members thereon out of alinerneni; relative to each other, a post extending angularly inward from one end of said yoke5 and a, foot projecting from, end disposed at eindengle to said post, substantially as speci- Signed at the city of N ew York, in the county and State of New York, this 2nd dey of July? one thousand nine hundred and fourteen.

JOHN A; Bonnin. Witnesses:

CONRAD A.. Dm'inmcn, JOSEPH G. Qmirlv, Jr. 

